Fielding, HenryA Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending their Morals, and for Rendering them useful Members of the Society. To which is added, A Plan of Buildings proposed with proper Elevations. Drawn by an Eminent Hand Fielding's comprehensive proposed reform of the Poor Laws, drawing on his years as a Bow Street magistrate and complementing his 'Enquiry' into the causes of crime, praised by Burn and Eden and presciently anticipating the reforms of the 19th century. Later 3/4 calf, the spine extra gilt, rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, with the elaborate plan and its explanation; the Taussig copy. Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, London, 1753.

ROCQUE, JohnA New and Accurate Survey of the Island of Minorca, a Perticular Plan of the Harbour of Mahon and its Fortifications. with Prospects of the Town of Mahon and St. Philip's Castle. Drawn and Engraved by Capt. Lempriere. Published According to Act of Parliament by J. Rocque Near Old Round Court in the Strand,, London, 1753 - Rare plan of Minorca Separately issued engraved map sheet, containing three maps, and inset views of 'St. Philip's Castle', and the 'North Prospect of Mahon'. Rare separately issued map of Minorca.The map sheet consists of a map of Spain, a plan of Mahon Harbour, a map of Minorca, and prospects of Mahon and St Philps' Castle. The map of the Island, on a scale of 1 1/3 miles to the inch, shows towns, villages, roads, rivers, administrative boundaries, and coastal features. At the time of works publication Minorca was under British rule. The British had gained control of the island in 1708, during the Wars of Spanish Succession. The map was first published by Lempriere 1746 and sold by Stephen Austen at his bookshop in Newgate Street; with the death of Lempriere in the same year, and Austen in 1750, the plates, where acquired by John Rocque, who published a new edition in 1753 - the present example. For this new edition Rocque has removed Austen's imprint, added text below the cartouche regarding the Battle of Almanza (Almansa fought on 25th April 1707), and engraved a plan of the battle in the sea to the east of Spain. The Battle was disaster for the English and Portuguese forces, and the Spanish and French forces victory assured them control of most of Spain. Britain's capture of Minorca in the following year was somewhat of a consolation prize.Captain Clement Lempriere (1683-1746) was a military engineer, draughtsman, cartographer and engraver, whose most important work was the draughtsmanship for Henry Popple's majestic map of the British Colonies of North America, published in 1733. Born in Jersey in 1683, he served with the British Army, attached to the Corps of Engineers, and in 1741 was appointed Chief Draughtsman at the Tower of London at a salary of £100 per annum. He died 9th July 1746.Rare the OCLC records two institutional examples bearing the 1753 imprint: the British Library, and Yale University Library.Scale: 1 1/3 statute miles to the inch. Map Forum, Checklist of the Charts of Mahon Harbour: 30;

WOODROOFE, ThomasA plain chart of the Caspian Sea. Jonas Hanway, 1753. unbound. Map. Uncolored engraving. Measures 13 1/2" x 21 1/4". This incredibly detailed map features a chart of the Caspian Sea and its surroundings, harbors and anchorages. Oriented with north to the right, depicts the 'world's largest lake' when it was being explored by Europeans to open up navigational possibilities to aid with trade in Asia. The coastline are exquisitely detailed with oceanic depths noted and beautifully rendered topography. A note in the bottom right states that 'This chart mentions the frequented places only, and such as are of use to navigators'. Thomas Woodroofe was the seafarer for a British trading company established on the Caspian Sea in 1740. Headed by Captain John Elton, the company existed for a short time, during which its ships sailed across the Caspian Sea from Russia to Persia and back. Woodroofe was the master of one of the British ships "Empress of Russia", who navigated the sea for three years. He wrote the sailing directions and prepared this particular map based on the observations of Captain Elton (author of Elton's Quadrant), and presented it to M. Jonas Hanway of Saint Petersburg in 1745. The map was published according to Act of Parliament in 1753 and later published in Jonas Hanways notes titled, "An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea". The map is in very good condition with some wear along the folds and minor creasing. Minor foxing and some edge wear. Some verso repair over cracks near edges. A beautifully engraved title cartouche adorns the lower right. Overall, a beautiful map of the Caspian Sea.

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert, and othersComposite atlas]. [c.1753]., Paris, - A composite atlas of Italy bound in red morocco with the arms of Louis, Dauphin of France, the only surviving son of King Louis XV, and the father of three kings of France Folio (540 by 430mm) 36 engraved maps on 53 map sheets, all with fine original hand-colour, (mostly double-page, four folding and one single page), red morocco, lavishly gilt, with arms of Louis Dauphin of France, spine in eight compartments separated by raised bands, gilt. A lavish composite atlas of Italy, bound for Louis, Dauphin of France.Louis (1729?Äì1765) was the only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczy?Ñska. Son of the king, Louis was styled Fils de France, and as heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France. However, he died before ascending to the throne. Three of his sons became kings of France: Louis XVI (reign: 1774?Äì1792), Louis XVIII (reign: 1814?Äì1815; 1815?Äì1824) and Charles X (reign: 1824?Äì1830).Louis from an early age was greatly interested in pursuing a military career, however, his father Louis XV would not allow his only son, then aged 15, to join in the campaign of 1744, during the War of Austrian Succession. The relationship between father and son would be irrevocably damaged, in the same year, when the young Louis disobeyed orders and came to visit his fever-ridden father at the siege of Metz. The rash action, which could have led to the death of father and son, saw a permanent souring of relations between the two; as a result the Dauphin would never see service on the battlefield. The present work can be seen as Louis?Äô continued fascination with military matters. Compiled around 1753 it shows the Dauphin?Äôs interest in Italy, a pivotal battleground during the War of Austrian Succession, which had ended in an uneasy truce in 1748. The truce would be broken in 1755 when the Seven Years War broke out; ironically a war that, although it involved all the great European powers and was waged across the globe, would see the Italian states stay neutral.The atlas covers Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Malta. The maps range in date from 1653-1753, with the majority dating from the first half of the eighteenth century. All but three maps (two by Homann and one by the Spanish cartographer Chafrion) are by the leading French cartographers of the day, these include De Fer, Jaillot, Delisle, Du Val, Le Rouge, and Nolin.Several of the maps are of particular note including A.F.G. Depalmeus?Äôs maps of Malta and Gozo - one of the largest and most detailed maps of Malta published in the eighteenth century. One must also mention Depalmeus?Äô plan of Valetta, also present here. Pere Placide de St Helen (1648-1734) large five sheet map the River Po, charts its course from west of Turin to its mouth near Venice. Also of note is Jose Chafrion?Äôs ?ÄòTopographica de la Liguria?Äô, a large map on eight sheets, published in Milan in 1685. Chafrion (1653-1698) was a leading Spanish cartographer and military engineer working during the second half of the seventeenth century. He was stationed in Milan between 1684 and 1691. Worldcat records only three institutional examples (Bern, Switzerland, The British Library, and the BnF), with the map appearing only once at auction: Sotheby?Äôs 1964.

ELLIS, JohnEssai sur l'Histoire naturelle des Corallines, et d'autres Productions marines de même Genre, qu'on trouve communement sur les Côtes de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande; auquel on a joint une Description d'un Grande Polype de Mer, pris auprès du Pole Arctique, par des Pêcheurs de Baleine, pendant l'Été de 1753 - xvi, 125 pp., [3] pp. of publisher's ads. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf (a few careful repairs to upper joint & corners), triple gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. The Hague: P. de Hondt, 1756. First edition in French (1st ed., in English: 1755); this is one of the few copies which has fine and delicate contemporary coloring. Ellis (ca. 1710-76), whom Linnaeus termed a "bright star of natural history" and "the main support of natural history in England," was one of the earliest marine zoologists. With the Swede Daniel Solander (1733-1782), he discovered that sponges are animals. "Ellis's zoophyte descriptions and professionally drawn engravings, and his scientific approach, were outstanding. His two longest books, Natural History of the Corallines?and the posthumous Natural History of Zoophytes (1786, partly written by Solander), were seminal. In the 1750s he was one of the British Museum's first noteworthy scientific visitors. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1754 and was its Copley medallist in 1767."-ODNB. The final plate depicts Cuff's aquatic microscope. See Clay & Court, History of the Microscope, pp. 66-68. A very attractive copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

De La Borde, Francois Ignace EspiardThe Spirit of Nations Lockyer Davis, 1753. Hardcover. No jacket. First English edition. Boards and spine are scored and worn. Front spine side is split, but front board remains attached. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and chipped. Three centimetre splits on spine ends. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Abrasions and ink on front pastedown. Closed tears on rear pastedown. Paper on pastedown hinges are split. Ink on title page. Upper leading corners of title and first pages are torn away, obscuring text. Text on remaining pages is clear. A few pages are creased on leading corners. Binding remains intact. HJW Used

SIMONS, Henry.The Case of Henry Simons, a Polish Jew Merchant; and his Appeal to the Public Thereon. Now Publish'd, with Tryal at Chelmsford, for the Benefit of Him and his Unhappy Family.[with] James ASHLEY. The case and appeal of James Ashley, of Bread-Street, London: Addressed to the Public in General. London 1: Henry Simons. 2: James Ashley 1753 - First editions. 2 volumes, octavo (20 x 12.5 cm), I. 115 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait. II. , [7], 47 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait (same as in first work), both works in restored marbled boards, library stamps. A fine set. Fascinating combination of two works representing both sides of the same notorious anti-Semitic trial. Henry Simons was a Jewish merchant who arrived in England from Poland via Holland. with a large quantity of gold ducats, a trade currency used in Europe at that time. This fact was documented by a border officer upon Simons' arrival. One night, while staying at the White-Heart inn kept by Mr Goddard, Simons was robbed of his ducats at knifepoint by two men. Simons accused Goddard of robbing him, for which Goddard was arrested, tried and acquitted, based on 'good character' testimonies by his neighbours and gardener, Thomas Ashley. Goddard then sued Simons for perjury, for which Simons was tried and also acquitted. At the same time Thomas Ashley accused Simons of assault and of incriminating him with the robbery of the three gold ducats. In this trial the jury could not reach a clear verdict, but it was taken down as 'guilty' &#150; a verdict which Simons then appealed and found 'not guilty'. Subsequently both Simons and Ashley each published their side of the story, including the trial's transcripts. Simons often depreciatingly referred to as just 'Jew' in some of the documents, which show him in most unsympathetic light. Simons' book portrays him as a foreigner who fell victim to a cunning gang. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Jane CollierAn Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art. London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1753 First edition. 8vo (18 x 11,5 cm). (2), 234 pp. Contemporary full calf. Covers with remnants of gilt-tooled fillets. Spine with gilt-lettered green morocco letterpiece. With a frontispiece and also several head- and tailpieces. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. This provocative book, a real perversion of the many guide books for etiquette, intended for the aristocracy, that were abundantly published in the 18th century. As such, the book provides a fascinating insight into 18th-century daily life, and is a bitter precursor to the works of Jane Austen. This copy is a first edition, the only edition that was published during her lifetime. Good antiquarian condition. Binding soiled, corners rubbed. Front hinge strengthend. Frontispiece mounted on recto modern endpaper. Overall a good good copy of a rare work. For a full description and more images please visit: www.zaalbooks.nl .

SMART, CHRISTOPHERThe Hilliad: An Epic Poem . . . To which are prefixed, Copious Prolegomena and Notes Variorum . . London: Sold by J. Newbery, 1753, 1753. First edition. Rothschild 1875; NCBEL II, 590; Foxon S-493. Some light foxing; fine, large copy.. Quarto, recent brown quarter morocco period style by Philip Dusel, gray paper boards, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. Half-title and leaf of advertisements present. The entertaining and famous mock-epic poem by Christopher Smart (1722-1771), using Pope's Dunciad as its model to ridicule Sir John Hill, who had made enemies of many members of literati, most famously Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett and Smart. The poem is preceded by a series of extracts of Hill's offensive attacks, after which Smart lampoons Hill as an "archdunce" who is known as either "Pimp ! Poet ! Puffer ! 'Pothecary ! Play'r !" The pamphlet war between Fielding and Hill, which Smart was drawn into with this poem, was one of the most legendary battles among literary wits of 18th century England. The Hilliad is rare, particularly with the half-title and leaf of ads (G4) present.